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y 'Le-nm Param No. 78,3641, dazed May 26,1868.

ALPHABET-TOY.

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`Be itlcnownthat I, ROBERT J-GLAY, of Flushing, in the county of Queens, and State of New York, have' invented a newand'tuseful*Alphabet-Toy, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,.reference being had to thev accompanying drawing, forming partof this specification, landiu which- Figure 1 represents a front view otmy improved toy, and j l Figure 2 a. vertical section, closeto that'side of the outer casingjvhich containstho driving-mechanism.

Y Similarletters of reference ndicatecorresponding parts.

The toy which is the subject of this specitcation, consists in a combination 'of mechanism, including certain clock or watchwork,`with bell-attachment, and pictorial or other alphabet-apron, all arranged within a' stand or case, haying a glazed or partially-glazed face, so as to present but one letter with its pictcrialillustr tion at a time, saidI apr-bn being moved at intervals bythe clockivork, to expose ,in regularl order or succession the different letters of the alphabet with their illustrations, and upon each exposure to sound the bell, the whole 'forming a.. pictorial revolving or travelling alphabet, of an automatic character, combining instruction with amusement,vand arresting or fixing the attention of a child. v v l Referring to the accompanying drawing, A represents a'stund, box, o r case, having u glass front, .1.3, which should be mainly darkened,or the front otherwise be only partially glazed or'maie-tran'sparent, so as to present to view but one letter ,at a. timeof a travelling alphabet, with its pictorial illustration,'as shoizrn` for the'-letter I in fig. 1. This` pictorial alphabet, C, is o'f belt or apron-form, ,fastened at its opposite ends t'o drums D E, which are geared together by spur-wbeels, a vZz c, and thc upper one of'which is driven cr rotated intermittently 'by or through wheels, G, formed ofradial arms or spokes, so pitched and arranged, orA proportioned, as that the lower whecl,`F,'which is-the driver, through ordinary or other suitable clock-Work, H, moves, asvit is rotated, the wheel G intermittenti;1 and at regular intervals, n. suiiicient distance or space to'wind on theonvdrum D,

ando' from the other drumE, the alphabet C, s`o :is to bring each letter in succession, githits accompanying i illustration, inl front of or before the transparent portion of the front, and there to remain, exposed to view till -the next movement, as produced hv the spoke-wheel F G, takes place, and so on until the` spring of the clockwork has run down, or alphabet spent itself, when, by winding up the spring, :through key applied to the arbor d, the toy may bc started anew, commencing by exposure of the first letter ofthe :.tlp'habet,` and running through the latter as before.

' To attract and tix the attention of the child as eachfresh, letter is exposed, and to contribute generallyv to the taking and 'useful `character of thetoy, I cause the'whcel'Gl, iny addition to -its'duty as driver to the alphabet, by its gear with the wheel F, to perform the function of 'striker to a bell, R, bythe spokes of said .wheel G lifting or operating, as they pass it, a hammer, e, acted upon by a spring, as usual: i

By the alphabet-belt or apron winding on one and unwinding from another drum, as described, a letter ofV large size may be made to present astraight exposure, without involvingnI large stand oca'se, thereby keeping the toy within a convenient handling size or compass, an'dso that it may be put with every facility' or udvanf"` vtage to stand on a shelf ontahle:4

What is' here claimed, and desired to he secured by LcttersPateut, is-.

.1. A travelling alphabet., preferably of pictorial abandon-'operated automatically, by means o'f clocleu'ork,l

within a stand or case, by causing thesanie to Wind and unwind intermittently on and oil' drums, and so as to* expose but in. letter at a time, substantially as specified. A y 2. In combination with an intermittently travelling-alphabet apron, operated automatically u's described,

l -the bell R, struck to indicate the changes made in the exposureof the letters, essentinlly as hereinset forth.

3. .The 'combination of the alphabet-apron YC, drums D E, spoke-driving wheels F bell R, with its ham- Viner e, and clock oi"natch-work, all arranged within a stand or c`ase, having a partially-transparent front, for

operation as described.

R; J. CLAY.

Witnesses:

A-.Ln CLERC, E. P. Tauern 

